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The authorities have set up sinks for handwashing outside the Dhaka Medical College Hospital amid the coronavirus outbreak but there is no soap. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The authorities have set up sinks for handwashing outside the Dhaka Medical College Hospital amid the coronavirus outbreak but there is no soap. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The authorities have set up sinks for handwashing outside the Dhaka Medical College Hospital amid the coronavirus outbreak but there is no soap. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Relatives stretchering a patient to the COVID-19 unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital despite having no protective clothng as there was no health worker available. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A COVID-19 patient waits in an ambulance outside the Anwer Khan Modern Hospital in Dhanmondi as her family prepare to take her back home without getting her admitted after consulting the doctors. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of Garment Workers Trade Union rallied outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday over different demands, including an end to layoffs, but they stood shoulder to shoulder instead of maintaining physical distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of Garment Workers Trade Union rallied outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday over different demands, including an end to layoffs, but they stood shoulder to shoulder instead of maintaining physical distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Children crossing a canal by using a portion filled with plastic garbage in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Children crossing a canal by using a portion filled with plastic garbage in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Face masks, which are supposed to be disposed of in covered bins, are thrown away randomly in Dhaka amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Face masks, which are supposed to be disposed of in covered bins, are thrown away randomly in Dhaka amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A face mask is dumped on a street in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar though the masks and other protective kits are supposed to be disposed of in covered bins amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Face masks are supposed to be worn or thrown away in covered bins or used again after washing but many are carrying the masks by hands in Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A group of Dhaka University students pay respects to Bengali Pop Guru and war veteran Azam Khan, commemorating his fifth death anniversary in a live stream on Facebook from TSC amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A group of Dhaka University students pay respects to Bengali Pop Guru and war veteran Azam Khan, commemorating his fifth death anniversary in a live stream on Facebook from TSC amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Potentially infected gloves, masks found stuffed on fountain water in front of the Dhaka Medical College amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Potentially infected gloves, masks found stuffed on fountain water in front of the Dhaka Medical College amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A pair of used hand gloves is dumped at the garden in front of the emergency department at National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, popularly known as Pongu Hospital, in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Potentially infected gloves and masks are thrown away in front of the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka where COVID-19 patients are being treated. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove